Hello, I would like to apply a rule when a member receives a command, this rule will perform actions on items that always use the same “Prefix”, I tried to create a variable to do this of type String, in the log the rule works very well, on the other hand if I try to carry out a “.sendCommand” on it I have errors, my variable not being an object that stuck, how can I recover the variable “LastVol” which makes it the item “ChromecastBureau_LastVol” and make a “LastVol.sendCommand” the goal being to be able to create a variable
like “(prefix +” _LastVol “). sendCommand (ChromecastBureau_Vol as Number)”
what formatting to carry out to achieve this results?
Thanks for your help
Here the rule
rule "Group Google speech recieved bureau"
when
Member of Ggh_Speech received command
then
var prefix = ""
var LastVol = ""
var triggertDevices = Ggh_Speech?.members
triggertDevices.forEach [ i |
prefix = i.name.replace("_Speech", "")
LastVol = i.name.replace("_Speech", "_LastVol")
]
logInfo("Prefix =", prefix)
logInfo("Prefix =", LastVol)
LastVol.sendCommand(ChromecastShannah_Volume.state as Number)
end
I succeeded well with the “items” of type string, on the other hand if I change the “suffix” and the target is an “item” of type number no longer works, how to convert the original type " triggeringItem.name “which is a” String “to” triggeringItem.name.replace ("_ Speech", “_ Volume” "which is a Number? to be able to perform an action on it.
rule "Group Google speech recieved bureau"
when
Member of Ggh_Speech received command
then
val name = triggeringItem.name
logInfo("name =", name)
val Volume = triggeringItem.name.replace("_Speech","_Volume") //How to convert to Number ?
logInfo("Volume =", Volume)
// run ok ///
//// creation d'une string avec la fonction "now.toLocalDateTime().toString()"////////
val String DateBackupFinished = now.toLocalDateTime().toString()
val DateTimeType MyDateTimeTypeFromString = DateTimeType.valueOf(DateBackupFinished)
postUpdate(triggeringItem.name.replace("_Speech","_Speech"), MyDateTimeTypeFromString.format("le %1$td du %1$tm à %1$tHh%1$tM"))
postUpdate(triggeringItem.name+"_LastUpdate", MyDateTimeTypeFromString.format("le %1$td du %1$tm à %1$tHh%1$tM"))
// Error bicause is a string ? ///
Volume.postUpdate(50)
end
there is a way to do this ?
thanks again for your time
Volume is just a string, it has no postUpdate() method. We’ve been here already.
I don’t know what that means. Maybe it would help if you showed the error message. postUpdate(stringname, stringstate)
doesn’t care what kind of Item you target, but the new state must be a string that can be parsed into something suitable for the Item type e.g."50"or “51.275” for a Number type.
rule "Group Google speech recieved bureau"
when
Member of Ggh_Speech received command
then
val name = triggeringItem.name
logInfo("name =", name)
val LastVol = triggeringItem.name.replace("_Speech","_LastVol")
logInfo("Volume =", LastVol )
// Work ok now ///
LastVol.postUpdate(ChromecastBureau_Volume.state.toString)
end
The “ChromecastBureau_Volume.state.toString” is a string ? bicause i send it to “LastVol” and this one is a Dimmer, and it work
if i use “ChromecastBureau_Volume.state as Number” i have error “Type mismatch: cannot convert from Number to String”…but the “triggeringItem.name.replace(”_Speech","_LastVol" is a dimmer type
var x = "someItem" + "Name"
// x is just a string, "someItemName"
x.postUpdate("newState")
// is an error, strings don't have a postUpdate method
postUpdate(x, "newState")
// is okay, the Action wants two strings and will find the Item by name
postUpdate(x, 50)
// is an error, the Action wants two strings and 50 is not a string
postUpdate(x, "50")
// is okay, the Action wants two strings and "50" is a string
y = a + b * 2
postUpdate(x, y)
// is an error, the Action wants two strings and y is not a string
postUpdate(x, y.toString)
// is okay, the Action wants two strings
postUpdate(x, someOtherItem.state)
// is an error, the Action wants two strings and a state object is not (usually) a string
postUpdate(x, someOtherItem.state.toString)
// is okay, the Action wants two strings
